Assistant Project Manager - Abingdon, United Kingdom - Consilium Recruit

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3 weeks ago

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Description
The MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre) is a major success story. One of the UK's most advanced Research & Technology Organisations, championing world leading manufacturing and engineering innovation.


Created in 2011, it represents one of the largest public sector investments in UK manufacturing and has since grown to a team of over 800 spread several facilities covering not only R&D, but also Training, Advanced Manufacturing Management and Factory Designacross multiple businesses and sectors.


Working in partnership with Consilium Recruit from launch, we seek career driven and agile talent from industry, academia, and other leading organisations to work in this truly unique centre of excellence.


Benefits - beyond salary, the MTC provides one of the most extensive and progressive benefits packages available, designed to inspire, develop and reward employees to the full including:

  • Fully flexible working including compressed hours, remote working, part-time hours, flexible start and finish times. And career breaks. Tell us what works for you and don't let anything stop you from applying
  • Enhanced Holiday leave with accumulated days plus option to buy & sell
  • Private Health Insurance from Vitality Health
  • Life Insurance
  • Generous Pension Scheme
  • Income Protection in the event of longterm illness or incapacity to work
  • Salary Sacrifice (tax efficient Bike 2 Work plus Car Lease Scheme including competitive onsite EV charging)
  • Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity support
  • Professional subscriptions paid plus access to Leadership Academy
  • Long service recognition plus contribution awards
  • Envious working environment with free parking, excellent public transport links, employee discounts and onsite canteen, plus more

The Role


The Assistant Project Manager role will involve working with MTC Training to help deliver a state of the art apprentice training facility located at Culham Science Centre near Abingdon.

This will include the coordinated organisation, direction and implementationof a number of activities to achieve outputs, outcomes and realise benefits of strategic importance to the MTC.


Duties and responsibilities include:
Contribute to continuous improvement activities related to PM tools and processes.
Identify opportunities for maintaining and updating performance standards.

Experience of Microsoft project management tools including MS Project and Excel.
Some knowledge of working on partially State funded projects.
Numerate with a strong focus on financial management.
Identify resource requirements and negotiate availability with resource owners / team leaders.
Proven capabilities in all aspects of the role of Project Coordinator, Project Support Officer or equivalent role within Programmes function
Ability to manage small projects autonomously
Clear leadership potential to drive medium sized and potentially larger projects
Ability to demonstrate team leadership (whether indirect or direct)
An organised yet flexible approach with the ability to influence/deliver through others
A natural investigatory nature with strong analytical skills
Generally able to resolve problems, but sometimes requiring validation of plans to resolve
Results driven self-starter with a positive CAN-DO approach focusing on solutions rather than problems
Embraces personal and professional development
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